MP for Neath Peter Hain has reacted strongly to the news that a candidate representing the National Front is to stand in a council by-election in Llansamlet, Swansea on July 4th. According to Mr Hain, ‘Under the guise of respectability and in claiming to want to act in the best interests of our community, there is a real danger that Claire Thomas and her ilk will poison our democratic processes to the detriment of the minority groups that make a positive contribution to our society.’